Vincent Jackson to the Buccaneers. Reggie Wayne to the Colts. Pierre Garcon to the Redskins. Robert Meachem visiting the Bills.

Sheesh.

The Chargers quarterback would call it a night at about 9:15, minutes before the announcement came: In a reversal, Meachem agreed to a four-year, $25.9 million contract with the team. The Saints free agent was scheduled to fly to San Diego, hold a Wednesday press conference at Chargers Park, and sign his new contract by sundown.

All unbeknownst to his future quarterback.

“Honestly, I was a little bit in the tank,” Rivers said of his end-of-the-night feelings. “I was hopeful it was going to be Vincent, like anybody would be. Then you start seeing guys fall off the board, and you're like, 'Holy smokes.' When you see Meachem and (defensive end Mario) Williams – that's how the (report) was grouped — in Buffalo, not going to allow them to leave without a deal, I was like, 'Golly.'”

The next morning, Rivers awoke to a cell phone popping with text message alerts.

He read the news. He knew the player and the talent.

“That was better than a cup of coffee,” he said.

For Meachem, becoming a Charger has been a long time coming.

The speedster declared for the 2007 draft as a redshirt junior out of Tennessee, and since he missed the Senior Bowl, he was busy with pre-draft interviews, flying around the country to visit at least 10 different teams, he says.

San Diego was among them.

The Chargers picked at 30, and thinking back with a smile, Meachem said he believes they would have selected him if he fell that far.

But he didn't. The Saints scooped him up three spots earlier, and the Chargers took wide receiver Buster Davis.

Meachem called his Wednesday signing “full circle.”

He was never totally sold Tuesday on becoming a Bill; he'd only visited for the day, and in the back of his mind, he felt the Chargers would be the right fit.